TY  - JOUR
AU  - Probert, Anna
AU  - Wegmann, Daniel
AU  - Volery, Lara
AU  - Adriaens, Tim
AU  - Bakiu, Rigers
AU  - Bertolino, Sandro
AU  - Essl, Franz
AU  - Gervasini, Eugenio
AU  - Groom, Quentin
AU  - Latombe, Guillaume
AU  - Marisavljević, Dragana
AU  - Mumford, John
AU  - Pergl, Jan
AU  - Preda, Cristina
AU  - Roy, Helen
AU  - Scalera, Riccardo
AU  - Teixeira, Heliana
AU  - Tricarico, Elena
AU  - Vanderhoeven, Sonia
AU  - Bacher, Sven
PY  - 2022
UR  - https://plantarum.izbis.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/727
AB  - Community science (also often referred to as citizen science) provides a unique opportunity to address questions beyond the scope of other research methods whilst simultaneously engaging communities in the scientific process. This leads to broad educational benefits, empowers people, and can increase public awareness of societally relevant issues such as the biodiversity crisis. As such, community science has become a favourable framework for researching alien species where data on the presence, absence, abundance, phenology, and impact of species is important in informing management decisions. However, uncertainties arising at different stages can limit the interpretation of data and lead to projects failing to achieve their intended outcomes. Focusing on alien species centered community science projects, we identified key research questions and the relevant uncertainties that arise during the process of developing the study design, for example, when collecting the data and during the statistical analyses. Additionally, we assessed uncertainties from a linguistic perspective, and how the communication stages among project coordinators, participants and other stakeholders can alter the way in which information may be interpreted. We discuss existing methods for reducing uncertainty and suggest further solutions to improve data reliability. Further, we make suggestions to reduce the uncertainties that emerge at each project step and provide guidance and recommendations that can be readily applied in practice. Reducing uncertainties is essential and necessary to strengthen the scientific and community outcomes of community science, which is of particular importance to ensure the success of projects aimed at detecting novel alien species and monitoring their dynamics across space and time.
PB  - Springer
T2  - Biological Invasions
T1  - Identifying, reducing, and communicating uncertainty in community science: a focus on alien species
EP  - 3421
SP  - 3395
VL  - 24
DO  - 10.1007/s10530-022-02858-8
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Probert, Anna and Wegmann, Daniel and Volery, Lara and Adriaens, Tim and Bakiu, Rigers and Bertolino, Sandro and Essl, Franz and Gervasini, Eugenio and Groom, Quentin and Latombe, Guillaume and Marisavljević, Dragana and Mumford, John and Pergl, Jan and Preda, Cristina and Roy, Helen and Scalera, Riccardo and Teixeira, Heliana and Tricarico, Elena and Vanderhoeven, Sonia and Bacher, Sven",
year = "2022",
abstract = "Community science (also often referred to as citizen science) provides a unique opportunity to address questions beyond the scope of other research methods whilst simultaneously engaging communities in the scientific process. This leads to broad educational benefits, empowers people, and can increase public awareness of societally relevant issues such as the biodiversity crisis. As such, community science has become a favourable framework for researching alien species where data on the presence, absence, abundance, phenology, and impact of species is important in informing management decisions. However, uncertainties arising at different stages can limit the interpretation of data and lead to projects failing to achieve their intended outcomes. Focusing on alien species centered community science projects, we identified key research questions and the relevant uncertainties that arise during the process of developing the study design, for example, when collecting the data and during the statistical analyses. Additionally, we assessed uncertainties from a linguistic perspective, and how the communication stages among project coordinators, participants and other stakeholders can alter the way in which information may be interpreted. We discuss existing methods for reducing uncertainty and suggest further solutions to improve data reliability. Further, we make suggestions to reduce the uncertainties that emerge at each project step and provide guidance and recommendations that can be readily applied in practice. Reducing uncertainties is essential and necessary to strengthen the scientific and community outcomes of community science, which is of particular importance to ensure the success of projects aimed at detecting novel alien species and monitoring their dynamics across space and time.",
publisher = "Springer",
journal = "Biological Invasions",
title = "Identifying, reducing, and communicating uncertainty in community science: a focus on alien species",
pages = "3421-3395",
volume = "24",
doi = "10.1007/s10530-022-02858-8"
}

Probert, A., Wegmann, D., Volery, L., Adriaens, T., Bakiu, R., Bertolino, S., Essl, F., Gervasini, E., Groom, Q., Latombe, G., Marisavljević, D., Mumford, J., Pergl, J., Preda, C., Roy, H., Scalera, R., Teixeira, H., Tricarico, E., Vanderhoeven, S.,& Bacher, S.. (2022). Identifying, reducing, and communicating uncertainty in community science: a focus on alien species. in Biological Invasions
Springer., 24, 3395-3421.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-022-02858-8

Probert A, Wegmann D, Volery L, Adriaens T, Bakiu R, Bertolino S, Essl F, Gervasini E, Groom Q, Latombe G, Marisavljević D, Mumford J, Pergl J, Preda C, Roy H, Scalera R, Teixeira H, Tricarico E, Vanderhoeven S, Bacher S. Identifying, reducing, and communicating uncertainty in community science: a focus on alien species. in Biological Invasions. 2022;24:3395-3421.
doi:10.1007/s10530-022-02858-8 .

Probert, Anna, Wegmann, Daniel, Volery, Lara, Adriaens, Tim, Bakiu, Rigers, Bertolino, Sandro, Essl, Franz, Gervasini, Eugenio, Groom, Quentin, Latombe, Guillaume, Marisavljević, Dragana, Mumford, John, Pergl, Jan, Preda, Cristina, Roy, Helen, Scalera, Riccardo, Teixeira, Heliana, Tricarico, Elena, Vanderhoeven, Sonia, Bacher, Sven, "Identifying, reducing, and communicating uncertainty in community science: a focus on alien species" in Biological Invasions, 24 (2022):3395-3421,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-022-02858-8 . .